Cloth stripper



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William Rinn INVENTOR.

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CLOTH STRIPPER Filed May 24, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 44 q 24 I 56 A William Rinn INVENTOR.

CLOTH STRIPPER William Rinn, Los Angeles, Calif. Application May 24, 1955, Serial No. 510,647

2 Claims. (Cl. 164-73) This invention relates to a cloth stripper, the primary ired States Patent 2,804,144 Patented Aug. 27, 1957 14 therein. In order to hold the cutting board 12 with respect to the end of a table, bench or the like, there is provided a downwardly projecting lock 16 which is adapted to engage the vertical edge of the supporting table or bench to thus hold the cutting board 12 against unwanted movement.

Rotatably mounted by means of a shaft 20 on the cutting board 12 is a substantially U-shaped cloth holding and gripping member 22 which has teeth, as at 24, for engagement with the fibers of the cloth to hold the cloth against movement.

object of which is to cut cloth strips of suitable width 575 for use in the making of hooked rugs.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a cloth stripper which can readily employ double edge razor blades or the like in a convenient manner.

An additional object of the invention resides in the provision of a cloth stripper which employs a cutting head for movement relative to a cutting board, the cutting head encasing a plurality of razor blades held in spaced relationship so as to eliminate the possibility of the hands or fingers of the user becoming cut or injured.

An additional object of the invention resides in'the provision of a cloth stripper having means for holding sections of cloth in a secure manner and for cutting these sections of cloth into a plurality of strips in a convenient and rapid manner.

Still further objects and features of this invention reside in the provision of a cloth stripper that is simple in construction, highly eflicient in operation, safe and convenient to use, and which may be readily manufactured at low cost, thereby permitting wide distribution and utilization.

These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by this cloth stripper, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, by way of example only, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cloth stripper comprising the present invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view as taken along the plane of line 2-2 in Figure 1 and illustrating in particular the construction of the means for holding one of the shafts on which the cutting blades are mounted from rotating;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view as taken along the plane of line 3-3 in Figure l and illustrating in further detail the construction of the means provided for supporting the blades;

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional detail view as taken along the plane of line 44 in Figure 1 illustrating in particular the construction of the guide means for angularly disposing the blades;

Figure 5 is a partial enlarged exploded perspective view of portions of this invention; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the rollers utilized in the invention.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application, Serial No. 460,005, filed October 4, 1954, and now abandoned, for Cloth Stripper.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts throughout. the various views, reference numeral 10 generally designates the cloth stripper comprising the present invention. This cloth stripper 10 includes a cutting board 12 having a longitudinally extending groove Longitudinally movable with respect to the board 12 is a cutting head 26 of generally teardrop shape. This cutting head 26 includes a hollow or recess 28 closed at one end, as at 30, by means ofa tapered block, and at the other end, as at 32, by means of a guide block having a downwardly and rearwardly extending portion 34, the angular arrangement of which corresponds to the desired selected angle for the blades indicated at 36.

A shaft 40 is mounted within the cutting head 26 in spaced relationship to a shaft 42 non-rotatably mounted within the recess 28 of cutting head 26. The shaft 42 has notched end portions as at 44 and extends through a pair of aligned openings 46 and 48 in the side walls of the cutting head 26. Received in the slots 44 in the shaft 42 are the horizontal flange portions 50 and 52 of the holding members 54 and 56 which are secured to the side portions 41 and 43 of the cutting head 26, as by nails or other suitable fasteners 58 and 60. The members 54 and 56 prevent the shaft 42 from rotating, and rotatably mounted on the shaft 42 are a plurality of rollers 62. Positioned between adjacent rollers 62 are the dilferent blades 36, the blades also extending between the rollers 64 of the set of rollers mounted on the shaft 40. The rollers 64 engage the surface 34 forming the guide portion of the cutting head block 32 so as to hold the spaced blades 36 at an acute angle relative to the cutting board 12. This can be best seen in Figure 4.

Any suitable type of double edge razor 36 may be utilized, and by changing the position of the razors 36 with respect to the shafts 40 and 42, the four corners of the blades can be utilized. The rollers 64 are of suiticient size as to fit closely within the recess portions formed by the recess 28 in the cutting head 26.

To operate the stripper, strips of cloth of a suitable length are ripped to fit loosely in the groove 14 of the cutting board 12. Then, the cutting board may be placed on a table or bench so that the block 16 will hold the cutting board 12 from moving when the cutting head 26 is actuated. One end of the cloth strip may be fastened so as to be held in place by the holder 22, and with the cloth strip pulled firmly so as to lie flat in the groove 14, the cutting head 26 may be actuated, thus cutting the cloth strip into a plurality of strips of desired width.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A cloth stripper comprising in combination, an elongated cutting board having a longitudinally extending groove in the upper surface thereof forming spaced side walls, a cutting head comprising a substantially hollow member slidable in said groove, said cutting head including a guide portion, a pair of spaced shafts positioned in said cutting head, a first set of rollers rotatably mount ed on a first of said shafts, said first set of rollers being engageable with and closely received in said guide portion, a second set of rollers rotatably mounted on a second of said shafts, said second set of rollers engaging said cutting board in said groove, the outer rollers of said second set of rollers engaging said side walls, and a plurality of blades positioned on said-pair of shafts with said blades being disposed bet-ween adjacent rollersof each of said sets of rollers, corners of said blades extending downwardly beyond said second s'etoffrollers to. expose cutting edges where said cutting head is drawn along said board.

2. A cloth stripper comprising in combination, an elongated cutting board having a longitudinally extending groove in the upper surface thereof forming spaced side walls, a cutting head comprising a substantially hollow member slidable in said groove, said cutting head includ- 5 rality of blades positioned on said pair of shafts with said blades-being disposed between adjacent rollers of each of said sets of rollers, corners of said blades extending downwardly beyond said second set of rollers to expose cutting edges where said cutting head is drawn along said board, said cutting board having cloth anchoring means pivotally attached thereto, said guide portion extending angularly downwardly towards said cutting board, said first set of rollers holding said blades at an acute angle relative to said cutting board, and means secured to said cutting head for holding said second shaft against rotation.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 179,645 Cassidy July 11, 1876 2,247,719 Van Unen July 1, 1941 2,409,203 Gale Oct. 15, 1946 2,593,388v Littman Apr. 15, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 283,458 Great Britain Jan. 12, 1928 

